=head1 NAME

ping_host_add - Add a host to a liboping object

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  #include <oping.h>

  int ping_host_add    (pingobj_t *obj, const char *host);
  int ping_host_remove (pingobj_t *obj, const char *host);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The B<ping_host_add> method tries to resolve the I<host> argument, open a
socket and associate everything with the liboping object I<obj>.

The I<obj> argument is a pointer to an liboping object, as returned by
L<ping_construct(3)>.

The I<host> parameter is a '\0' terminated string which is interpreted as a
hostname or an IP address. Depending on the address family setting, set with
L<ping_setopt(3)>, the hostname is resolved to an IPv4 or IPv6 address.

The B<ping_host_remove> method looks for I<host> within I<obj> and remove it if
found. It will close the socket and deallocate the memory, too.

=head1 RETURN VALUE

If B<ping_host_add> succeeds it returns zero. If an error occurs a value less
than zero is returned and the last error is saved internally. You can receive
the error message using L<ping_get_error(3)>.

B<ping_host_remove> returns zero upon success and less than zero if it failed.
Currently the only reason for failure is that the host isn't found, but this is
subject to change. Use L<ping_get_error(3)> to receive the error message.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<ping_construct(3)>,
L<ping_setopt(3)>,
L<ping_get_error(3)>,
L<liboping(3)>

=head1 AUTHOR

liboping is written by Florian octo Forster E<lt>octo at verplant.orgE<gt>.
It's homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.

(c) 2005, 2006 by Florian octo Forster.